This morning I was lucky enough to join a Google Hangout with James Hopkins and was inspired to join the tweeting world of Twitter (Twitter is an online social networking service where those who join can share messages or "tweets" of up to 140 characters). James discussed the benefits of Twitter as a professional learning network where you can share ideas, resources and be exposed to the latest news in the education sector. By others questioning our ideas and by questioning others we endeavour on an ongoing reflective learning journey. James explained what hashtags are used for - if you add a hashtag e.g. #school, it will enter a thread of all other tweets with the same hashtag. The use of a unique hashtag can be a great way to start a Twitter chat. Those involved in the chat all add the same hashtag onto their tweet and it creates a bank of tweets under the chosen hashtag. If you choose to do this make sure to Google the hashtag first to see if it is already being used, as if it is it will join onto the posts others have made with that particular hashtag.
Here is a screenshot of our #MDTAchat this morning so you can see how it comes up:
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You have made a huge leap in one day Steph. Joining up to Twitter AND participating in an Ed chat on day one is pretty impressive. I look forward to seeing you next week on Twitter at the Hui #manaiakalani
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dorothy! I am very excited to join the world of the tweeters - I have already read and seen some amazing articles about education and look forward to sharing ideas and thoughts via "tweets".
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